Opportunities at VentureBeat: Event content director for MobileBeat, tech developer, writers and more

As VentureBeat expands into new territory, we’re looking for great people to join us on the way.

Consider working for one of the most influential business news sites — with syndication across outlets like the New York Times and Reuters — that also hosts exciting events to debate the most disruptive technologies of the day, including DEMO (the leading launchpad event for emerging technology products), MobileBeat, GreenBeat and more.

We are looking for all kinds. First, we’re looking for a mobile expert with events programming experience to work on our important mobile events in 2011, building on MobileBeat, now in its fourth year. Second, we’re looking for full-time writers and interns with a strong interest in reporting to cover the exploding number of startup launches and other news in the sectors we cover. Finally, we’re hiring tech geniuses who can help build out our website and implement exciting new product ideas to serve our online audience.

I. Event Content Director
Events have become core to our business. Our growing website audience consists of the decision makers and power-brokers of the technology startup world. Thus, our events attract high-caliber speakers and attendees. We’ve got some exciting new projects brewing, which we’ll be talking about in the coming weeks. To help us, we’re looking for someone who can help structure events around the the trends we’re writing about, and then leverage our team’s network to reach out to secure top-level executives in the mobile, gaming and possibly clean-tech industries as speakers.

Specifically, we’re looking for a professional planner who has experience in large-scale event production. This person will have a sense of the technology and business sectors that VentureBeat operates in, and would be able to help guide the development of the event’s content, including speaker sourcing and speaker management. Ideally they’ll have a strong interest in the mobile industry, connections in the space, and will have worked on other similar events. Experience in sponsor management, marketing, and event logistics would be a big plus. The ideal candidate has five to ten years of experience.

2. Python Programmer
We are looking for a Python coder who has worked with the pylon framework. They’d review some caching issues on one of our properties, and helping update Beaker is likely a solution. As such, you’ll need to be comfortable with command line at the server level. This is a temporary assignment, but could easily lead to more work as we are making plans to significantly overhaul this property. PHP and Amazon cloud experience a plus.

3. Tech Developer
Here, we’re looking for someone who can help manage Web development projects and other general projects we’ve envisioned for expanding our platform.  You should have a basic understanding of HTML/CSS and Photoshop. Any PHP skills a plus. WP skills an even bigger plus. This can be full or part time, depending on the fit.

4. Reporters
We’re looking for full-time reporters, contributing writers, and reporting interns. You can be focused on cleantech, mobile or other subjects related to tech startup innovation, and can be based in the Bay Area, New York, or elsewhere. If you’re interested, please submit your LinkedIn URL and clips as URLs or in other digital formats to jobs@venturebeat.com with the subject line “Writer,” “Contributor,” or “Intern” in the subject line.

For other positions, candidates should send a resume and cover letter to jobs@venturebeat.com.